Friday Cable Ratings: CNN Fails to Hit 100K in Demo from 5-9PM

CNN’s original programming fell below the 100K viewer mark in the 25-54 demo on Friday night from 5-9 p.m. During those four hours, the second half of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer at 6 p.m. was the highest rated show on CNN with 93K in the demo. At 5 p.m. Blitzer beat MSNBC’s The Ed Show 82K to 80K but otherwise during those hours MSNBC drew more viewers.

Overall in primetime, Fox News was #1 with 276K in the demo and 1.775M total viewers. MSNBC came in second with 93K in the demo and 517K total viewers. And CNN was third, averaging 86K in the demo and 418K total.

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  271	New Day  50	Morning Joe  77	Express  78
5 pm	The Five  256	Blitzer  82	Schultz  80	Files  24
6 pm	Baier  241	Blitzer  93	Sharpton  170	Files  50
7 pm	Van Susteren  221	Burnett  83	Matthews  155	Files  60
8 pm	O’Reilly  249	Cooper  75	Hayes  79	Files  99
9 pm	Kelly  333	Sixties  129	Maddow  133	Files  56
10 pm	Hannity  230	Spotlight  134	Investigates  208	Files  136
11 pm	O’Reilly  209	Bourdain  110	Investigates  232	Files  266
PRIME TIME	276	86	93	77
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  955	New Day  199	Morning Joe  323	Express  155
5 pm	The Five  1.766	Blitzer  359	Schultz  465	Files  119
6 pm	Baier  1.608	Blitzer  311	Sharpton  583	Files  122
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.418	Burnett  280	Matthews  727	Files  187
8 pm	O’Reilly  1.775	Cooper  299	Hayes  531	Files  275
9 pm	Kelly  1.675	Sixties  289	Maddow  638	Files  243
10 pm	Hannity  1.133	Spotlight  248	Investigates  409	Files  298
11 pm	O’Reilly  817	Bourdain  210	Investigates  397	Files  512
PRIME TIME	1.775	418	517	283
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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